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by grantkrieger
Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:19 am
Forum: Beginners Help
Topic: Increasing camera moving forward speed
Replies: 2
Views: 175

Increasing camera moving forward speed

Hello,

How do I increase the camera moving speed once the camera has already been created.

I would like to do this when a key is pressed

Thanks
by grantkrieger
Fri Sep 28, 2007 9:49 am
Forum: Beginners Help
Topic: farvalue
Replies: 5
Views: 301

Thanks.

Fogging seems like it might be the easiest route. Sorry I am not familar with fogging. How do I implement fogging ? I dont even know where to start

Thanks

Again
by grantkrieger
Fri Sep 28, 2007 7:08 am
Forum: Beginners Help
Topic: farvalue
Replies: 5
Views: 301

farvalue

Hello, I have a large warehouse which is my world. In this I have many models. I want the whole warehouse to be visible all the time but I want the far value applied on models within . Example - If this was possible it would be great to set the far value for the Warehouse to 18000 and set far value ...
by grantkrieger
Fri Aug 31, 2007 2:20 pm
Forum: Beginners Help
Topic: Hiding the Irrlicht dos load screen
Replies: 5
Views: 540

Hiding the Irrlicht dos load screen

Hello is there any way of hiding the Irrlicht dos screen when starting a program ?

C#

Many thanks

Grant
by grantkrieger
Wed Aug 29, 2007 5:58 am
Forum: Beginners Help
Topic: Event on close
Replies: 6
Views: 654

Event on close

Hello,

I have many key stroke and gui events setup. Is there an event one can call when someone trys to close the application.

Many thanks

grant
by grantkrieger
Tue Aug 21, 2007 10:10 am
Forum: Beginners Help
Topic: Speed question
Replies: 5
Views: 384

Speed question

Hello, If I load my scene with no 3D models I get about 60 frames per second. If I load all my models my frame rate goes down to about 6 frames per second. This is when the camera has them all in view. Why when I point my camera upwards and away from all models does the frame rate only increase to a...
by grantkrieger
Mon Aug 20, 2007 2:21 pm
Forum: Beginners Help
Topic: Swopping scenes
Replies: 1
Views: 132

Swopping scenes

Hello,

I have a basic scene and would like to do the following.

When someone hits the M key the scene changes to show a map top view of the whole scene. How would one do this ? The map top view would be 2D

I am able to do Key events however I am not sure how I would load another screen.

Thanks
by grantkrieger
Mon Aug 20, 2007 7:28 am
Forum: Beginners Help
Topic: AddBillboardTextSceneNode issue
Replies: 2
Views: 208

AddBillboardTextSceneNode issue

Hello, Does anyone know how to only show a BillboardTextSceneNode when it is in direct line of sight of the camera. I am finding that if I have a model in front of it it can still be seen through the model in front of it. EG BillboardTextSceneNode <- Model 1 <- Camera Camera sees BillboardTextSceneN...
by grantkrieger
Fri Aug 17, 2007 10:05 am
Forum: Beginners Help
Topic: Culling
Replies: 4
Views: 638

Thanks for all your help
by grantkrieger
Fri Aug 17, 2007 8:10 am
Forum: Beginners Help
Topic: Culling
Replies: 4
Views: 638

Culling

Hello, Is there anyway to have "culling" set on the camera. I hope I am using the correct term. I only want the camera to worry about what is visible. I have lots of 3D models and some are hidden behind others. It appears that the camera is taking all of these hidden 3D models into conside...
by grantkrieger
Thu Aug 16, 2007 2:26 pm
Forum: Beginners Help
Topic: Performance question model formats
Replies: 4
Views: 263

Performance question model formats

Hello,

Is there a preferred model format for speed ? Whats the best model format for the fastest performance. If there is.

Example would be 3DS , x etc etc

Thanks

Grant
by grantkrieger
Thu Aug 16, 2007 2:11 pm
Forum: Beginners Help
Topic: Performance question
Replies: 1
Views: 206

Performance question

Hello, I am adding a shelf model like 9000 times in a warehouse witha loop. This model does not move and is just stationary. I am currently using the following to load this model. Is this the most optimized way to load a model that is static and never moves? I am created an animated mesh then added ...
by grantkrieger
Wed Aug 15, 2007 2:20 pm
Forum: Beginners Help
Topic: CreateFlyStraightAnimator
Replies: 1
Views: 394

CreateFlyStraightAnimator

Hello, I am wanting to move the camera from point 1 to point 2 slowly. When I get to point I would like to change the target of the camera or do some else. The problem I am having with CreateFlyStraightAnimator is that it seems to be executed in its own thread or something as any statement I put aft...
by grantkrieger
Mon Aug 13, 2007 2:38 pm
Forum: Beginners Help
Topic: 3D box or cube Basic question
Replies: 1
Views: 229

3D box or cube Basic question

Hello , Is there an easy way to draw a 3D rectangle and specify its color and dimensions. I have seen the following but could not get it to work. I do not think I am doing the right thing Box3D Box1 = new Box3D(new Vector3D(200, 200, 200), new Vector3D(400, 400, 400)); smgr.VideoDriver.Draw3DBox(Box...
by grantkrieger
Mon Aug 13, 2007 6:46 am
Forum: Beginners Help
Topic: Splash screen on program startup
Replies: 2
Views: 465

Splash screen on program startup

Hello,

Is there anyway of displaying a splash screen or displaying like a message that says loading... whilst I startup my irrlicht program. I am loading like 6000 models which takes some time. I dont want my user/Player just seeing a dos startup LOADING screen.